One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don’t give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi’s back seat.
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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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